Medicine

Penn Medicine has partnered with the Philadelphia Eagles and Independence Blue Cross to raise awareness and education around sudden cardiac arrest and CPR, with a mobile CPR unit led by Benjamin Abella.

George Cotsarelis of the Perelman School of Medicine says that hair is one of the first things that shuts down if a person is nutritionally deficient or has lost a lot of weight from illness.

A study by Aaron Richterman of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues found that the recent discontinuance of pandemic-related SNAP benefits led to a substantial increase in U.S. food insufficiency.

Penn will serve as the implementation science hub for a new series of NIH-funded maternal health research centers, promoting the integration of research findings and evidence into public health, clinical practice, and community settings.

Mina Massaro-Giordano of the Perelman School of Medicine says that there has never been great ophthalmological science in terms of blue light blocking.

According to Penn Medicine, there’s no cure for spasmodic dysphonia but Botox injections can offer relief from symptoms.

Penn Medicine is noted for spearheading gene therapy for cancer treatment, being the first in the nation to use a gene editing tool to combat cancer in 2019.

Research from Aaron Richterman of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues find that SNAP recipients experienced a 21% relative increase in food insufficiency after a temporary increase in benefits ended.

Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine says that fatalities in which heat contributed significantly to causes like heart failure should also be considered as heat-related deaths.